Check-controlled lock



Patented Mar. 22, 1892.

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NrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES R. BUOKINGHAM, OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO.

CHECK-CONTROLLED LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters I'atent No. 471,464, dated March22, 1892. Application filed November 17, 1891. Serial No. 412,203. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. BUCKING- HAM, of Mount Vernon, in thecounty of Knox and State of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedCheck-Controlled Look, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to improvements in looks which are adapted to becontrolled by checks; and the object is to producea simple and efficientlock which will hold round or cylindrical articles-such asumbrella-handles, canes, billiard-cues, and similar thingsfirmly in'place and which may be unlocked by dropping into the lock acheck whichis especially adapted to the lock and which re-' leases the lockingmechanism.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the lock, showing an umbrella securedtherein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectionalplan on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of the lock,showing its interior mechanism in detail. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectionthrough the lock-case on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 isa verticalsection on the line 6 6 in Fig. 5.

The lock is provided with a case 10, which is preferably rectangular andwhich has at the top and on one side a flange 11, which facilitates itsattachment to a support. At the lower end of the case and near the frontcorner thereof is a forw ardly-extending arm 12, which is recessed onone side, as shown at 13 in Fig. 4, so that it may fit around one sideof an article to be locked in place. Pivoted within the case is anessentially S-shaped lever 14, one arm 15 of which extends forwardthrough a slot in the case 10 and opposite the arm 12, the said arm 15terminating at its front end in a thumb-piece and guide 16, by means ofwhich the arm and lever may be tilted. The curve of the arm 15 isopposite to the curve of the recess 13, and consequently any cylindricalobj ect maybe clamped ed to engage the locking-lever 19, as describedbelow. The lever 14 is normally pressed by a spring 14, one end of whichis secured to the rear portion of the lever and the other to the case,so that the front end of the arm 15 will abut with the arm 12. Thelocking-lever 19 extends transversely through the case 10 and isprovided on the under side with ashoulder 20, which is adapted to dropin front of the extension 17 of the lever 14 and thus prevent the leverfrom being moved. One end of the locking-lever 19 projects through aslot 21 in the case and into a chute 22, which is formed at one side ofthe case, the lever being pivoted on a knife-edge support 23 in the wallof the case, and the 0p posite end of the lever is held to move vertically between the guide-bars 24, which are produced on the inner wall ofthe case 1Q The chute 22 has an extension 22, which projects above thetop of the case 10 and in one side of which is a hole 25, through whicha check may be inserted into the chute, and the chute has also on oneside and at the bottom another extension 22", which projects parallelwith the arm 12 and which connects with the chute 22 by means of thehole 26, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 6. In the bottom of chute 22 areinclined blocks 27 and 28, which are arranged on opposite sides of thelever 19 and which together form an inclined way on which the check 29may run so as to be delivered into the extension 22 of the chute 22. Theouter end of the block 27 terminates abruptly, so as to form aslightdepression, which will prevent the check. from being returned to thechute 22. The check 29 is of a disk shape, and it may be made of anydesired size and thickness, and the hole 25 should be made to receiveit, and the thickness of the chute 22 should also correspond with thethickness of the check, so that a certain check, which may be numbered,will correspond with the chute of a lock, which may be correspondinglynumbered, and consequently a check may only be used with its particularlock. The

check, however, should be heavy enough so that when dropped upon thelocking-lever 19 it will depress one end of the lever and raise theinner end of the same, as shown in Fig. 5.

\Vithin the case and above the lever 14: is a horizontally-swingingcatch 30, one end 31 of which projects through a slot 32 in the wall ofthe case and into the chute 22, as best shown in Figs. 4 and 6, thecatch being arranged so that it will project into the chute at a pointabove the block 27 and between the locking-lever 19 and the'hole 26, andconsequently when the catch is in its normal position it will hold acheck 29 upon the locking-lever 19, as in Fig. 6,and when in thisposition the lever 14: maybe freely swung, as the the inner end of thelever 19 will be raised from the lever 14, as shown in Fig. 5. The catch30 is pivoted in cars 33, which are secured to the wall of the case, asshown in Fig. 4,.and pivoted to the upper portion of the catch is an armSet, which extends forward through the front wall of the case 10 andterminates in a button 35. A spring 36 is secured to theinner-end of thearm 3% and also to the front wall of the case, and the pressure of thespring serves to push the arm 34 outward and press the catch 30 into theposition shown in Fig. 4.

The operation of the lock is as follows: The check 29, which is usedwith the lock, will be carried within the chute in the position shown inFigs. 5 and 6, and consequently the lever 1% may be freely swung. Thearticle to be locked in place-as, for instance, the umbrella 37-ispushedinward between the arms and 12, as shown in Fig. 1, and the arm 15,pressed by the spring, which is secured to the lever l t, will closeupon the article, so that the article will be retained between the twoarms. The arm 34: is then pushed inward, thus swinging the catch andcausing the end 31 of the catch to be withdrawn from the chute 22, andthe check 29 rolls forward upon the block 27 and is delivered into theextension 22" of thechute, so that the owner of the locked-up articlemay take the check and carry it away. \Vhen thecheck 29 rolls from thelever 19, the latter drops by gravity, so that the shoulder 20 will fallin front of the extension 17 of the lever 14, and consequently the levercannot be moved or the locked-up} article taken from the lock until thecheck 29 1 is again deposited in the chute 22 through the opening '25,and when this is done the check raises the locking-lever 19, and thusreleases the lever 14; and arm 15, so as to permit the withdrawal of thelocked-up article.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. A look of the character described, comprising a case having aforwardly-extending recessed arm thereon, alever pivoted in the case andhaving acnrved arm extending forward parallel with the recessed arm, achute at one end of the case, said chute having an opening at the topand also at the bottom near one side of the case, a locking-leverpivoted in the case, said lever having one end extending into the chuteand having a shoulder adapted to engage the crooked lever, a swingingcatch pivoted in the case and extending into the chute adjacent to thelocking-lever, and an arm pivoted to the catch and extending through thewall of the case, substantially as described.

2. A lock of the character described, comprising a case having aforwardly-extending recessed arm thereon, a crooked lever pivoted in thecase and having an arm extending parallel with the recessed arm, a chuteproduced at one end of the case and having a top and side opening, alocking-lever pivoted in the case, said lever having one end extendinginto the chute and having a shoulder to engage the crooked lever, aninclined way in the chute leading to the side opening thereof, and a manually-operated catch pivoted in the case and extending into the chuteabove the inclined way, substantially as described.

3. In a lock of the character described, the combination, with the maincase and the chute at one side of the case, of the swinging crookedlever pivoted in the case and having an extending arm adapted to fitupon an article to be locked up, a locking-lcver pivoted in the case andextending into the chute, said lever having a shoulderto engage thecrooked lever, an inclined way produced in the bottom of the chute andextending to one side thereof, and a releasing-catch at one side of thelever, adapted to release a check held thereupon, substantially asdescribed.

JAMES It. ZUCKINGllAli I.

\Vitnesses:

SAM SULZBACI-LER, JOHN (3. Boss.

